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NGC 4725
An intermediate barred spiral galaxy first discovered by William Herschel on the 6th of April 1785.
At 41 million light years from us this stunning galaxy and it's neighbours, NGC 4747 bottom right of centre and NGC 4712 to the left and just above 4725, can all be found in the constellation Coma Berenices. There are a few fainter galaxies dotted about as well.
NGC 4725 is 100,000 light years across, a similar size to our own Milky Way.
All data gathered at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 60mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong UV/IR 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
180s exposures.
34 light frames.
Darks, Flats, Dark Flats & Bias
Stacked and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
NGC 4725
An intermediate barred spiral galaxy first discovered by William Herschel on the 6th of April 1785.
At 41 million light years from us this stunning galaxy and it's neighbours, NGC 4747 bottom right of centre and NGC 4712 to the left and just above 4725, can all be found in the constellation Coma Berenices. There are a few fainter galaxies dotted about as well.
NGC 4725 is 100,000 light years across, a similar size to our own Milky Way.
All data gathered at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 60mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong UV/IR 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
180s exposures.
34 light frames.
Darks, Flats, Dark Flats & Bias
Stacked and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.